Measuring-faucet.



MEASURING FAUGET.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN.16, 1914.

l y l www., Patented Dec. 29, 1914.

wlmesEs MTRNEVS llNllllED @Tilld ,irlmrilllhll i @Flflm HENRY GOEHRINGUOF 1?HILADEL'ILPHIA,y PENNSYLVANIA.

MEASURING-FAUCET.

.i inname.

.i-Specication of Letters'Patent. Pgtntd De@ 299 1914:,

Application filed January 16, 1914. Serial No. 812,419.

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It further'consists'in providing meansfor forcing a charge of material from the chamber b v the succeeding charge fed thereto.

Itfurther consists of other novel features of construction, all as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I .have shown in the `accompanying .drawings one `form thereof which 1s at'pres- Vent preferred-bv me, sincel the same has been ,found in practice to give lsatisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of lwhich my invention consists vcan bek variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to `the precise ar- Yrangement and organization `of these instrumentalities as Aherein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents an irregular vertical sectional view of a measuring faucetembodyingmv invention, showing a portion of asupport therefor, and a portion of a supplv tank, the section 'being taken throughthe inlet and one 0f ythe passages. Fig Qrepre'- Isent's an irregular vertical sectional view of 1 a portion of the parts seen 1n Fig. 1 in they same position and withthe section taken slightly to the right. -through the inlet and the other passage. Figs. 3 and l represents elevations of an operating kevernploved, from opposite sides-thereof. Fig. l5 represents a sectional view on line a-m, Fig. 4. Fig. 6 represents an elevation of the interior `of one of the sections forming the casing, on

. a smaller scale.` Fig. 7 represents an end elevation of a head employed. Fig. 8 representsan end elevation of -a pipeemploved.

fFig.9 yrepresents a sectional view on line ,f1/Ty, Fig. 6.

` Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

"lieferung te? the drawings# l, designates vmeasuring medium proper. ber, I provide a movable divisional rwallw, here shown as a diaphragm, with the edges chamber.

elthrough a port or a casing, here shown as lformed of thetwo sections 2 and 3, which are adapted to be suitably connected or secured together and forming `a chamber 4, which serves as .the

In said chamthereof suitably clamped betweent the secytions and said diaphragm being capable of moving from one side to the other of said 'and `7 designate pipes or passages, one

`of which,.as `6, communicates with said chamber Ll'through a portkor ports'S, on one side of said diaphrag1n15, and the other of which as 7, communicatesv with said chamber ports k9 'on the opposite side of said diaphragm 5.

1() designates an inlet passage adapted to be in suitable communication withy a source of supply of ithe vmaterial to be measured,

yand :I provide means which may normally close said .inlet and which may be moved to al position to form a connection for either. one or the other of the passages 6 and 7,

and' when lone of said passages is in `communication with the said inlet, the other is in communication witha discharge outlet. Any suitable means may be employed 'to accomplish this, and in the 1form disclosed, I have formed the inlet passage 10 in a head 11, carried `by the4 casing, .1, and in said head are the two passages 12 and 13, one forming a continuation of the passage G, and the other forming a continuation of the passage 7.

13 designates a valve-plug which controls .the flowhof liquid through the various passages and which is provided with the passages 1-i and 15, and the ports 16 .and 17,

each of which is adapted to communicate with a discharge outlet 1S, which may be suitablyT located, as here shown being formed Iin Athe valve-plug 13.

` It will be understood that the valve-plug 13)r is suitably located `to accomplish the desired results and as shown is rotatably mounted in any desired manner, in a casing 19, having a stem 20, suitably connected with a shank 21, which is carriedon a support 2n, and which shank 21 is connected with lsaid head 11, said stem '20 and shank 121 having corresponding passages therein to form continuations .or extensions .of the inlet and the passages 12 and 13 of the head, thisconstruction being one of many which may be employed. The inlet passage 10 is shown in communication with a barrel containing the material "to be measured.

The operation of the device is as follows: The valve-plugk 13 may be positioned with itsmwall'23 closing all passages so that the liquid is prevented from owing and air is 1o prevented from entering passages. By turning the valve-plug 13 in one direction, one of the passages, (depending upon the direction in which the valve-plug is turned) as l14, is brought to register with the inlet port 10 and with the passage 12 so that a com munication is formed whereby the liquid will fiowrthrough inlet port 10, through passage 14' and passage 12, to the passage 6, and from lthence -throu gh the port or ports 8 into ormovable Wall 5 to the position seen in Fig. l, so that the chamber 4, will be filled with liquid on one side of the wall 5, it being understood that they said diaphragm in this position closes the port or ports 9, as will be evident. In this position of the valveplug 13, the port 17 thereof will be in communication with the passage 13, see Fig. 2.

By rotating the valve-plug 13 to the opposite position', the passage 15 will then be brought to register with the inlet port 10 and with the passage 13, while the port 16 will be in register with the passage 12, immediately upon which the liquid will flow 35 sage 13to passage 7, and thence through the port or ports 9 in the chamber 4 against the v,wall or diaphragm 5, and will movethe same Y[over in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 1. This will `force out theliquid, heretofore fed, as above described, in the chamber 4, through the ports 8the passage 6, passage 12 and through port 16 to discharge outlet H18 lso that the amount of liquid previously filling the chamber will be fed from the outlet-that is the predetermined amount depending upon the size ofthe chamber 4. The diaphragm 5 will finally reach a position yon the side of the chamber, opposite from that seen in Fig. 1, and the left hand side (in said Fig. 1 will be filled with liquid, and at that time the wall 5 will close the ports 8. By again turning the valveplug 13 to the opposite position, the passage 14 will be brought to register with the inlet port 10,y and the passage12, and the port 17 of theVal've-plug 13 will be in communication with the passage 13, whereupon the material will, as previously described, flow through inlet port l0, passage 14, passage 12 to ypassage 6, through the ports 8 into the chamber 4, againstthe opposite side of the diaphragm 5, again moving the same in the lchamber to force fout the material on the other side thereof through'the port or ports the chamber 4, and will move the diaphra gml through inlet port 10, passage 15 and pas-` 9, passage 7, passage 13, to port 17 to discharge 18, as will be evident. From this it will be understood that the material will be fed alternately to each side of said diaphragm and forcing out the material on the opposite side thereof.

I may employ means for insuring that the valve is in its proper positions to form the communications desired, as here shown I provide a pin 24 on the valve-plug 13 adapted to abut shoulders or stops 25 on the casing 19. In some instances, it may be desirable to provide abutments for the lower portion of the casing to prevent movement thereof, and in the drawings I have shown adjustable abutments carried by the casing and consisting of a screw member 26 and a. sleeve 27 which may be relatively movable whereby one of the same may be moved to a position to abut the support, as 22 to assist in holding the casing. As here shown the screw is connected with the section 3 of the casing, and the sleeve is movable on said screw.

It will now be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of a measuring faucet which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof which has been found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various .particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character stated, a measuring casing consisting of two members secured together at their edges to form a chamber and each member formed with a diametric passage in its outer side and communicating with said chamber through ports, a flexible diaphragm clamped with its edges between the edges of said members, and means connected to the passages for alternately admitting and exhausting liquid into and from said passages and alternately at each side of said diaphragm.

2. In a device of the character stated, a measuring casing consisting of two members secured together at their edges to form a chamber and each formed with a passage communicating with said chamber through ports, a flexible diaphragm clamped with its edges between the edges of said members, a head formed with a passage for the inlet- 4fluid and passages respectively connected to the passages of the casing, a valve casing having a seat into which said passages open, and a valve-plug formed with passages adapted to alternately connect ythe inlet pasand to connect alternately the radial outlet' n sage to one' of the passages from the measports 'to the passages connected to the measuring casing and an axial outlet-port and uring chamber.

radial ports from the same adapted to alter- HEN RY GOEHRING. nately register with one ofy the passages Witnesses: v

from the measuring easing, said passages y C. D. MCVAY,

and ports being formed to close the passages H. M. LAFFERTY.

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